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Monday, October 20, 2014

WOW! There’s been a bit of legal news while
we were off the air for the Iowa Catholic Radio Care-a-thon last week, and we’ll
try to catch up with some of it Tuesday on Faith On Trial.

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Greg Koukl

First, our guest will be Greg Koukl,
president of Stand to Reason, an organization that trains Christians to think
more clearly about their faith and to make an even-handed, defense for
classical Christianity and classical Christian values in the public square. He
will discuss the problems of a small Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts,
Gordon College, that is being threatened with loss of accreditation by the New
England Association of Schools because students are expected to refrain from “blasphemy,
profanity, dishonesty, thefe, drunkenness, sexual relations outside of
marriage, and homosexual practice.”

Then there is the case of Huston, Texas subpoenaing
the sermons, notes and other pastoral communications of the city’s ministers
who have expressed opposition to the city’s new ordinance that opens restrooms
to members of either sex.The city
council had earlier passed the ordinance which triggered a city-wide petition
drive to put the ordinance up for a public vote.After city officials ruled that the petition,
with three times the legally required number of valid signatures, was illegal,
petition supports filed a lawsuit against the city.The city, and its openly militant lesbian
mayor, retaliated by subpoenaing the materials from ministers who were not
involved in the suit.

All this and more with Deacon Mike Manno and
Gina Noll Tuesday at 9 & 9 (CDT) on Iowa Catholic Radio, 1150 AM; 88.5
& 94.5 FM and streaming 24 – 7 on IowaCatholicRadio.com. Underwritten by
Attorney Rick McConville and Confluence Brewing Company which this week is
celebrating its second anniversary!

Monday, October 6, 2014

This week
on Faith On Trial we will be discussing a case involving a community college
that told its drama club it could not perform a play unless it would “dumb down”
its religious message.

Travis Barham

In September, the club advisor told Cape
Fear Community College student Justin Graves that his production could not be
performed because it has religious themes, even though it received unanimous
approval from the drama club. The advisor claimed that the production would
violate the First Amendment if it included the religious themes, and he advised
Graves to “dumb down” the religious content until it was not “obvious” to avoid
any potential lawsuits or “offending” anyone.

Ironically, the advisor allowed the
drama club to sponsor other productions that could potentially cause offense,
including ones that included rape and incest themes.

Justin’s attorney, Travis Barham, litigation
staff counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, will join Deacon Mike Manno and
his co-host Gina Noll to discuss this case. Join us at 9 a.m. (Central) for a
lively discussion of this and other cases that place our faith on trial.Iowa Catholic Radio, 1150 AM; 88.5 & 94.5
FM and streaming on IowaCatholicRadio.com.

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Faith on Trial is where we examine the influence of law and society on Christianity. Here we will look at those cases and events that impinge on the rights of Christians to fully practice their faith. Join us every Tuesday morning at 9 or listen to our re-broadcast Tuesday evening at 9 (Central). The program can be heard on IowaCatholic Radio: 1150 AM; 88.5 & 94.5 FM and streaming on iowacatholicradio.com. Host is Attorney and Deacon Mike Manno.